30 October 1999 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then flattened, with a broad central bump, often depressed, smooth, sometimes cracking, yellowish brown to gray brown, pale when dry, to about 15 cm across Gills Broad, emarginate, whitish, or cream Stem +/- equal with a broad base, whitish, with brown fibres along the length Flesh Firm, whitish Smell Like mice, or mouldy, sometimes reminiscent of rotten cabbage Taste Indistinct, or acrid Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In grassland, in woods on leaf mulch and on composted soil Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with amyloid warts (8.5-9.5) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia four spored. Gill edge cystidia thin, and tapered, sometimes with crystals at the apex, and with a bulbous base. Edibility Edible 
22 October 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 October 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |